Mary Alice nods towards the cockpit. Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn, Hardcover | ®. Assassins are typically muscular, well-built men who move in and out of the shadows with ease. In reality, they have been gathered together so that could be eliminated by one of their own from the clandestine organization. Deanna Raybourn does tend to stick to the historical genre for the most part, but her forays outside of it often bear some remarkable fruits, as is the case with Killers of a Certain Age. Join BookBrowse today to start discovering exceptional books!
KILLERS OF A CERTAIN AGE is the Golden Girls with garrotes; four women who have spent forty years working as world-class assassins and are now cranky to be hitting retirement, soon made even crankier by the knowledge that someone has put out a hit on their lives. For more reviews please visit Seriously Fun! Luckily for them, when the Museum puts a price on their slightly graying heads, they get a perfect excuse to keep doing what they do best. Before you knew the truth, who did you think was the culprit, and why? Can I get you something from the galley before we take off? Day and age killers. " I also kind of wonder if this could be made into a book series. She smooths the uniform skirt over her curvaceous hips and carries out the tray, presenting the refreshments with a smile. It's fantastically paced—offering us occasional glimpses of the past to contextualise the present—but, mostly, it's just like … older woman competence porn with bonus violence? New York Times and USA Today bestselling novelist Deanna Raybourn is a 6th-generation native Texan. There were many potential suspects and motives for murdering Andie.
I warned him not to eat the bouillabaisse, but he wanted to go native. I do love discovering another author's borderline pathological attention to detail. "The dog is a complication. Reputations and personal biases play a huge part in A Good Girl's Guide to Murder. They're forced to flee while simultaneously solving the mystery of why their employers have put targets on their backs. The Golden Girls meet Kill Bill! Hey there, book lover. His expression says it better not, and she promises herself then that she'd sooner open a vein with a paper clip than ask him for help. Deanna's first contemporary novel, KILLERS OF A CERTAIN AGE, about four female assassins on the cusp of retirement publishes in September 2022. "I don't remember that in The Maltese Falcon, " she says. Review: Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn –. In so many books, the main characters are young hot talented women, but we all grow up and age—I love seeing more representation of older badass women! Narrated primarily from Billie's perspective, the women are on an all expenses paid vacation on a cruise ship when they become aware that they have now become targets for elimination themselves. How would you characterize the relationship among the four assassins?
The ladies certainly have had a busy work life and deserve to think about relaxing, they have all worked as elite assassins for an organization known as the Museum for the last forty years. Whether it's due to how fast the world is changing or simply our age getting higher and higher, we're all bound to end up, one way or another, essentially useless. When I saw the title I have my fingers crossed hoping it's not something similar to a Richard Osman. She is one of four friends and former assassins which also include Mary Alice, Natalie and Helen. How old are the killers. She is truly a talented writer and I am just so thrilled that she has come out with a new standalone book! Deanna Raybourn does her best to ensure a humorous atmosphere permeates through Killers of a Certain Age from start to finish, even during the more serious and dramatic sequences, interspersed here and there for meaningful moments. Sweeney makes a noise like a wounded puppy. No, I'm not Henderson.
Gilchrist rolls his eyes. This story captivated me from the first page with extraordinary characters, travel, brilliant world-building, and exciting scenes intersperses with wit and humor. "Monty Python and the Holy Grail? " One is when the four protagonists are recruited and about twenty years old. 5/5 stars rounded down. What Else Has Deanna Raybourn Written? Or does it prevent real intimacy? Killers when you were young. The narrative shifts between backstory written in first-person present tense, and the current storyline in third-person past tense. He gives the bodyguard a thin smile. Pub Date: Feb. 28, 2023.
Don't ask too many questions, just let yourself have fun. ARC provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Now they are ready to retire, together on a cruise to celebrate, when something goes wrong and it looks like they may be in danger. Several hours into the trip, though, Billie discovers another of the Museum's assassins onboard the ship. Billie rolls her eyes. If you like dry wit, mature characters, and plenty of action then this is definitely a book to consider reading. It's a later problem.
Fast-paced, riveting action ensues. Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 2020. In Raybourn's latest novel, we meet a group of four women who've spent forty years working for the mysterious Museum, a secret group that "dispatches agents to safeguard democracy, to thwart absolutism, and enact justice. " So a lot of the book carries a theme of accepting changes that arrive upon them, but doing so on their terms, by their rules, and by refusing to back down. "You got this, Billie, " he says in a low voice. You have to put aside a little disbelief for any book like this. She graduated from the University of Nottingham, where she studied literary linguistics and creative writing, with a master's degree in English. After calling on some old friends in the organization they find out that someone on the Board of the Museum itself has targeted them for termination!!
They're aware – they're about to retire at the start of the story. In Chapter Four, the final pieces are assembled to set up this story with another flashback to 1978, where we will learn how Billie Webster, who will become the leader of this group, was recruited. "Vincent Griffin, " he reads slowly. However it isn't long before they discover that someone aboard the ship is trying to "eliminate" them. They look like bears, heavily bearded and shaggy-haired, unlike the secretary, with his neatly shaven face and slicked-back hair. Product dimensions:||6. That isn't to say other elements aren't present as well, but I'll discuss them later on, largely because they felt secondary to me.
Maybe, but the sasquatches whom the volcano displaced contributed to the statistics, too, if only out of self-defense. D. I love having fun with a great read. Let go and enjoy the ride! The part I liked best was how all of them, especially Billie, rely on stereotypes about older women to get past or through situations. Estimated reading time: 7 minutes. "Showtime, " she tells them. We follow them all over the world. The Museum has been in the business of killing Nazis and other "undesirable persons" for decades.
If you have a problem, get on the radio. I inhaled this book in one day – when it gets going, it GOES. This was just okay for me - fun enough, but not earth-shattering. Despite the ravages of time, we would do well to remember even sixty-year-old people can be quite capable and full of life.